Saints in Scottish Place-Names
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Lady Well, well, Auchterarder
Grid reference
NN 976 136 (general (1km))
Six-figure easting & northing
297600 713600
Latitude
56.303832254422545
Longitude
-3.655127841285838
County
Perthshire
Nearby places
Ladywell, settlement Auchterarder (0 miles)
St Cattan's Church, Aberuthven Auchterarder (0.95 miles)
Aberuthven, former parish, Auchterarder (0.95 miles)
St Mackessog's Well, Auchterarder (1.61 miles)
St Mackessog's Church, Auchterarder (1.75 miles)
Object Classification
Water
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The existence of a well of this name is inferred from the settlement-name Ladywell, at this NGR. OS 6 inch 1st edn shows a 'well', which is not named, at NN974135, on a track which runs from close to the farmstead to the well itself. This may be the eponymous Lady Well.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Auchterarder, parish
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Lady Well
Head name
Lady Well
Place
Lady Well, well, Auchterarder
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Probable
The status of this name is
Hypothetical
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
Yes
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (probable)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
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